Pasta! a Competitive Focus on Good Food and Great Company
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Iniezione The newsletter of the NorthWest Alfa Romeo Club March, 2018 Days of Wine and… Pasta! A competitive focus on good food and great company Most days are good, and some are really good. The palate between sauces. same can be said about pasta. On a recent good day in After all, we had to judge February, the club gathered at the wonderful waterfront fairly when sampling the home of Fred Wright and Kathy Lombardo. Located just epicurean delights, as each west of Olympia, their lovely house looks west across Totten guest gets to vote for their Inlet, which is well known for hearty and tasty Totten and Vir- 1st, 2nd and 3rd preference ginica oysters. With this scenic backdrop, we gathered for of sauces. What a great the annual NWARC Pasta Sauce competition. way to spend a day! Every This is how a day becomes a really good day. With about single sauce got votes and the tally was close all around, meaning that every one of them was a winner... as was each of the judges. Dick & Jessica Camp had driven over from Yakima, and entered a great sauce with the addition of carefully hand grated cheese they selected themselves. Great pre- sentation, and Dick may want to retire to the role of a waiter serving 25 people gathering to talk, sample a few outstanding wines Italian food. With Fred's prodding, each sauce was de- and finalize their pasta sauces, the house was filled with scribed by its maker complete with fun stories of how they wonderful noise and the aroma of numerous ingredients and modified or localized their offering. Meanwhile, our host tal- seasonings warming in the seven sauces entered. To top lied the votes and noted how close it was. Third place was a that off we had 3 different breads, a great way to cleanse the tie between the sauce made by Gene & Pat Davis and the Puttanesca sauce from Tony & Debi In this issue… Schmid. Cindy Akana came in second place * Pasta Sauce Contest …...pp 1, 4 * Teo Morellato ……..……… p 10 with a Pesto Alfredo sauce made from home- * President’s Column .............. p 2 * Alfa Romeo News ………... p 11 grown basil. The most (continued on page 4) * Visit to The Shop …………... p 3 * Alfa History Snapshot ……. p 12 Note from the Editor: * Visit to Prova Motorsports .... p 4 * Classifieds ……….………... p 13 Welcome to our new format! No editor can * St. Pat’s Day, Citroen Run ...p 5 * Membership Form …..……. p 14 resist playing with the design of a newsletter * MG Tulip Rallye ……….….... p 5 * Calendar ……….......……... p 16 he (or she) inherits, and I’m certainly not im- * FEN All-Italian Drive-In …..... p 6 mune. I expect to make a few more minor * Garden Tour ………….…..… p 6 Next club events… changes over time; please let me know what * Sempreverde Schedule …… p 7 * Visit to The Shop ……….Mar 13 you think, what works and what doesn't work * Membership Statistics …...... p 8 * St. Patrick’s Day Party ...Mar 17 for you. Thank you! * Alfa 164 ProCar ……………. p 9 * Club Meeting ………...... Apr 10 - Jon Inge President’s Column By Fred Russell We are a family. bers who have Yes, we’re a family of Alfisti who gather, laugh, support stayed solid with each other and sometimes drive each other bonkers. A tiny their membership bit dysfunctional like most families but family none-the-less. for many, many We see this work when we have our events like the pasta years. Like good competition and we all have a great gathering. Thank you to marriages, some Fred and Kathy for hosting us. Thanks also to people who have stayed with drove a long way to attend, like Dick & Jessica Camp. Yes, I the same great Alfa know they drove from Yakima to Seattle for more than the for many years. Pasta event, but they included us and pasta logistics in their Others realize the plans. Thanks to Alex who drove his tiny Subaru van all the one isn’t right, and way to Olympia despite people passing him at high speed they’ve changed with nary a concern in the world. (I had a few concerns, but course and found they were drowned out by the rush of the car through the another that fits better in their life. We also have plenty of the snowflakes while speeding.) Thanks also to the many people new members who are either returning, or fresh to the club. who had deep snow, or blowing sleet, or other iffy conditions These are all such wonderful signs of a strong and but still came, ate and enjoyed the day. strengthening Alfa Romeo family. With a full calendar of We are also a family when we face a tough time. A few events and gatherings, I look forward to seeing everyone at days ago, Tony Schmid had a medical challenge and had to one, two, three or as many events you can squeeze in. In go to the hospital. The word travelled through our Alfa family your busy life, we aim to always have options that you’ll find and many people were worried. Since we knew Tony, some great. Not all of them. But some. If you don’t see an event were worried for his health and hoped for a speedy recovery. that looks fun, or you attend one and it wasn’t great, let me Others were worried about his getting distracted by the ma- know. You’re a part of this fun family and I need to hear your chines at the hospital and wanting to know what each one words. did, how it worked, can we look inside it, can we make it work Speaking of words, thank you to all the people who wrote a little better? The good news is that Tony behaved, learned articles for last month’s newsletter. Wasn’t it cool to see so a little bit about the hospital, and is not just home, but is back many differing contributors? David James did a great job helping at school with his coaching duties. Yeah! writing with flair and a fresh perspective… and he supplied At the Festa gathering in December…you remember, that photos. Other photos came from Melissa Donovan and Alan big family holiday event with good food and cool gifts… I Florsheim. I also enjoyed the club meeting article by Cindy chatted with Georges and Arlette Hebrandt. Arlette told me Akana as she captured both the details and the spirit of the about her health battles as well as how supportive Georges meeting which, as I stand up in front, I might miss on my own! has been. It was a treat to hear her joke with me and I enjoy Add to this Gordy, Dolly, Judy and Bill all sharing their stories her wonderful attitude. Right now, she needs our support as from attending the AROC winter meeting. Makes you want to she’s working hard to stay ahead of her health challenges. attend the next one! Georges is showing his usual good support, but this is a great Who would think that Georges Hebrant in Mt. Vernon and time for all of us to send positive thoughts, prayers, energy to Steve Schaeffer in SoCal would both get excited about Des- both of them. If you have a chance, send them a note. modronic Valves at the same time… they did, and we benefit- (Contact me if you need their address.) With a bit of the help ted by them sharing their knowledge. Now we are all just a families are good at, this will be easier for Georges and Ar- tick smarter thanks to them. Then, Shannon Low took the lette. Besides, they have summer plans and we need them to time to sum up highlights of the Arizona auctions he’d just be focused on those instead of doctors and medicine. Get returned from. Without going outside or having to put up with better soon Arlette. You’re part of our great family. TV ads, or even picking up a book, we learned some and Last month, the newsletter took a step up in size: 4 extra were entertained. Thanks for all the contributions and to Jon pages. The Alfa Owner has also grown with additional pag- Inge for producing another great newsletter and now I’m es. The headcount in the club keeps growing both locally and thrilled by the newsletter redesign! It’s a great family to be nationally. I watch Alfas on Bring-A-Trailer selling for reason- part of! able money. I talk with the Alfa dealerships and they are sell- Fred Russell ing cars. This is all signs of a happy, healthy Alfa family. As NWARC President featured on page 8 of this newsletter, we have many mem- Iniezione page 2 March 2018 Next Club Meetings Board Members President Fred Russell (425) 308-6621 March 13 Tour of The Shop [email protected] A special meeting at Seattle’s newest car Vice President storage, maintenance and social hang-out Gordy Hyde (425) 241-9307 location! Billing itself as The Country Club for [email protected] Gearheads, The Shop offers secure storage, Secretary lifts, tools, advice and just generally good Joanie Vivaz (206) 420 8161 hangout social vibes for car and motorcycle [email protected] enthusiasts. Treasurer After a 6:30 pm dinner in The Shop’s on- The Shop Ken Case [email protected] site restaurant, The Derby, our club meeting 2233 6th Avenue S will start at 7:30 pm, and will be followed by a Seattle, WA 98134 tour of the Shop’s facilities and the amazing Committee Leadership variety of cars and motorcycles stored Activities Directors there.